Ideas and Content

• The Writing Fix Web Site: http://writingfix.com/6_traits/idea_development.htm
• Discover Writing Company Web Site: http://www.discover-writing.com/forstudents.html
• PowerPoint Timer: available at Pam’s web site: http://esu3.ishareinfo.org/pkrambeck
  or the original web page: http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/middleschool/timer.ppt
• Harcourt’s Prompts with Pictures: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/ideasforwriters_preview/gr4/prompts/prompts_pictures.html
• Read, Write and Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21

Organization

• Writing Fix Web site on Organization: http://www.writingfix.com/6Traits/Organization.htm
• Essay Map Web Site: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/
• Write Design On-line Graphic Organizers: http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
• Story Mapping Assistance: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/

Word Choice

• Writing Fix Web Site: http://www.writingfix.com/6Traits/WordChoice.htm
• Text Analyzer: http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php
• Word Choice Web Site: http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/wordchoice.htm
• Visual Thesaurus Lite: http://awordlike.textdriven.com/
• Thinkmap (cost involved) Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Voice

• Writing Fix Voice Section: http://www.writingfix.com/6Traits/Voice.htm
• Voice Examples: http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/voice/examp.htm
• Great Speeches: http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm
• History Channel Link to Great Speeches (try Margaret Mead, Martin Luther King, Lou Gehrig, etc.) http://www.history.com/media.do
• Audacity Web Address: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Sentence Fluency

• The Writing Fix web site on sentence fluency: http://www.writingfix.com/6Traits/SentenceFluency.htm
• Billings, Montana site on sentence fluency: http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/sentence/examp.htm
• Sentence Fluency Samples at O.W.L. (on-line writing lab) http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sentencefluency.htm

Conventions

• Punctuation Paintball Web Site: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball&COOK
• Writing Fix on Conventions: http://www.writingfix.com/6Traits/Conventions.htm
• Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• Grammar Blast: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/
• PBL Web Site: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml
• Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com

A Few More Sites

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• MS Word--Sticky Notes using drawing tools
• MS Word--Poem in a Jewel Case Template
  

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• Practice the Six Traits: http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/index.htm (You have to register) to try, use my logon of A1N2A4 as the class number and spx001 through spx 040) to have a look.
• Biography Maker at From Now On: http://www.fno.org/bio/biomak2.htm
• Read, Write and Think Interactive Tools: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
• Eblogger: http://www.eblogger.com
• 21Classes Free Education Blog Site: http://21classes.com (admin logon esu3, pswd esu3 for demo Student logon: esu-student1 pswd: esu-student1) Sample web site: http://esu3.21classes.com
• Peanut Butter Wiki Site: http://pbwiki.com/ Sample: http://esusample.pbwiki.com
• Google Document Share: http://docs.google.com (share documents with others--add them to your share)
• Google Notebook: http://www.google.com/notebook(create notes when researching on-line)
• Zoho Interactive Tools for Writing: http://www.zoho.com (Similar to Google Docs with a few different "wrinkles")